If you really believe that youre making a difference and that you can leave a legacy of better schools and jobs and safer streets, why would you not spend the money? The objective is to improve the schools, bring down crime, build affordable housing, clean the streets – not to have a fair fight. – Michael Bloomberg
I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom. – Michael Bloomberg
Ironically, it is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror. – Michael Bloomberg
The public is upset. If they havent lost their job, they know somebody that has. If they havent lost their house, they know somebody that has. What do you do? When somethings wrong, its governments job to fix it, it must be government thats responsible for causing it. – Michael Bloomberg